Contents Features. First Seventh-day Adventist Women's Bible Launched at GC Annual Council FEATURES. Adventist Heritage Center

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1 Adventist Heritage Center From: Sent: To: Subject: GC Women's Ministries on behalf of GC Women's Ministries Wednesday, December 10, :37 PM Adventist Heritage Center GC Women's Ministries newsletter, emosaic, Nov-Dec 2014 Viewing link corrected GENERAL CONFERENCE DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN S MINISTRIES Vol. 13, No. 6 November-December 2014 FEATURES First Seventh-day Adventist Women's Bible Launched at GC Annual Council [Silver Spring, Maryland] General Conference Women s Ministries (GCWM) launched the first Seventhday Adventist Women s Bible at Annual Council in October. Coproduced by Editorial Safeliz of Spain and GC Women s Ministries, this NKJV Bible is available in English, French, and Spanish and four color choices. The Women's Bible is designed to appeal to women with its varied covers, design and font type, and Contents Features First Seventh-day Adventist Women CouncilInter-European Division Hold Division Holds First WM CongressNo Out to Orlando at WM Congress News News from GC Women's MinistriesHe SalvadorBotswana Women's Ministri People in Laosenditnow Events Ministering to Women How to Change Your Habits Issues Threats to Women's Health 1

2 exceptional beauty of full color portraits of biblical women. The list of 28 Fundamental Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and colorful Adventist prophecy charts are also included. Special study materials introductions to the sections and books of the Bible, biographies of women in the Bible, a series of Bible studies, lists of interesting facts and weddings in the Bible are written by women scholars Jo Ann Davidson, Ph.D., Carla Gober, Ph.D., Elizabeth Talbot, Ph.D., and Hyveth B. Williams, D. Min. GC Women s Ministries Director Heather-Dawn Small wrote Being a Christian Mother in a Changing World, and GCWM Associate Director Raquel Arrais discussed Proverbs 31 in Making a Difference in Today s Society. Women s Ministries Directors of the world divisions and other women contributed to more than 50 brief articles about virtues exhibited by women in the Bible. Bibles may be purchased in the U.S.A. for $39.99 at local Adventist Book Centers or online Adventist News Network story here Tips for Leaders Ministering to a Woman Presence relationships are important to women Understanding compassion is a catalyst for healing Conversation friendship opens the door for Bible stu Example personal experience makes an impact Healthful Living Stay Positive in Difficult TImes Look for beauty Make a plan Be active even when you don't feel like it Take one small step toward goal Don't compare your life to others Mosaic GC Session Women's Meetings Join us next year for Women's Meetings, July 6-9, 2015, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center Grand Ballroom in San Antonio, Texas. Speakers include Dr. Ella Simmons, Janet Page, Heather-Dawn Small, and Raquel Arrais. Theme is "Arise and Shine, Jesus is Coming!" Women's meetings with devotional, Monday-Thursday, 9:30 AM. Women's meetings with seminar, Tuesday and Thursday, 2:00 PM. For general information about GC Session, click here September-October July-August May-June March-April January-February Date To Remember 2

3 The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the correct file and location Women's Devotional Altogether Lovely, the 2015 Women's Devotional, is available at local Adventist Book Centers. All royalties from book sales fund Scholarshipping Our Sisters (SOS). In the past twenty years the GCWM program has awarded one million scholarship dollars to 2,164 women in 124 countries. Order online, December 1 is World AIDS Day. Download two GCWM seminars about HIV/AIDS: T Calendar November Inter-European Division Holds First WM Congress Guest speakers (left to right) "Women in Action" [Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany] The first Inter-European Division (EUD) Women s Ministries congress in early September brought more than 700 attendees from 20 European countries to Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. Guest speakers included the supportive mayor of the city, Arrais, Gober, and Small Heather-Dawn Small, GCWM director, Raquel Arrais, GCWM associate director, Carla Gober, Loma Linda University professor, and Dr. Cornelia Strunz of Desert Flower Center at the Walfriede Hospital in Berlin. Workshops included WM Leadership Training Certification with 22 women receiving their Griggs University Certificates for completing the first three of four levels. 15 International Day of Elimination of Violence Aga 19 World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse December 01 World AIDS Day 03 International Day of Persons with Disabilities Prayer Corner Ten Days of Prayer, January 7-17, 2015 GC Session Women's Meetings Mission to the Cities Women Refugees Women and children with HIV/AIDS 10 Days of Prayer enditnow, an Adventist Church initiative to counter violence and abuse against women and girls, played a central role in the conference theme, Women in Action. Women staged a flash 3

4 mob nearby to introduce enditnow to the community and stood in formation to spell the letters of enditnow (pictured above). Women learned about the impact of abuse on mental health. A charity concert raised money for victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kenya. Strunz introduced her work in Berlin for reconstructive surgery in victims of FGM. Congress organizer Denise Hochstrasser, EUD WM director, provided attendees with an orange scarf in keeping with the United Nations gender-based violence campaign, "Orange Day." She encouraged women to wear orange every 25th day of the Orange scarves to draw attention to month to break the silence violence against women and children about abuse and to draw attention to GCWM initiative, "enditnow Adventists Say No to Violence Against Women and Children." Contributed by Hannele Ottschofski, South German Union Conference, Adventist News Network, and EUD staff. See EUD Women's Ministries reports and photos here. January 7-17, 2015, see more here Missionary Book of

5 Tr an seu ro pe an Di vi si on H ol ds Fi rs t W M Co ngress "Come to the Spring" [Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia] The first Trans-European Division (TED) Women s Ministries congress in late September drew more than 200 women to Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia. Guest speakers included TED President Raafat Kamal, TED Executive Secretary Audrey Andersson, and Raquel Arrais, GCWM associate director. Australian speaker Debby Mayer, founder of the Language of Flowers ministry, used her own vulnerability with illustrations of flowers and plants to reveal God's love and show how He uses our brokenness to minister to others going through similar experiences. The conference theme Come to the Spring invited attendees to taste the living water and use it to bless others. Using the Lord s Supper language 5

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